# PhishDestroy threat dossier — grasslayers.xyz ================================================================ Fetched: 2026-06-30 16:33:26 UTC Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/grasslayers.xyz/ ## VERDICT ---------------------------------------------------------------- TAKEN DOWN (neutralised) Composite threat score: 100/100 (PhishDestroy scoring — see methodology below) Scam classification: Impersonation Targeted brand: MetaMask ## DETECTION EVIDENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------- VirusTotal: 6/91 security vendors flagged this domain Flagging vendors: alphaMountain.ai, CRDF, Forcepoint ThreatSeeker, Fortinet, Gridinsoft, SOCRadar URLQuery: 2 detections Public blocklists: listed on 3 independent blocklists ## INFRASTRUCTURE ---------------------------------------------------------------- IP address: 104.21.83.153 (US, San Francisco) Hosting org: AS13335 Cloudflare, Inc. Registrar: NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED !!! REGISTRAR INTEGRITY ALERT — NiceNIC !!! NiceNIC International: over 90% of its registered domains are associated with illegal content; documented systematic abuse-report non-response. Primary sources: https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-real https://phishdestroy.io/nicenic-verdict Nameservers: ajay.ns.cloudflare.com, miki.ns.cloudflare.com Registered: 2026-05-13 Expires: 2027-05-13 ## TLS CERTIFICATE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Issuer: Let's Encrypt / E7 Expires: 2026-08-11 Status: INVALID chain Fingerprint: cafda4dcae2ffb2fed05d327bb4be244a13d5a002b21c8ef859a68542b6cc0a4 ## ABUSE-REPORT HISTORY (evidence of registrar non-response) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Status: CLOSED — no report required. This domain was neutralised before the abuse-report cycle could be dispatched — either the hosting provider / registrar suspended it on their own, the DNS went dead, or the operator abandoned the infrastructure. PhishDestroy keeps the evidence bundle on file for audit but no formal notice was sent. ## TIMELINE ---------------------------------------------------------------- Domain registered: 2026-05-13 (per WHOIS / CT — may reflect a renewal or transfer date, not first-ever registration) First detected: 2026-06-19 05:20:48 UTC (by PhishDestroy tracker) First reported: 2026-06-19 03:23:52 UTC (abuse notice filed) Last verified: 2026-06-30 16:20:34 UTC Neutralised: 2026-06-19 06:19:06 UTC Current status: taken down (registrar suspended or DNS dead) ## EXTERNAL CORROBORATION (third-party evidence) ---------------------------------------------------------------- URLScan.io: https://urlscan.io/result/019edde3-c58b-74a9-a6ee-be5267f678ad/ URLQuery: https://urlquery.net/report/5ae0099a-0591-4c32-b717-b5d693bbcb73 Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/grasslayers.xyz crt.sh CT logs: https://crt.sh/?q=%25.grasslayers.xyz Google transparency: https://transparencyreport.google.com/safe-browsing/search?url=grasslayers.xyz AlienVault OTX: https://otx.alienvault.com/indicator/domain/grasslayers.xyz URLhaus: https://urlhaus.abuse.ch/host/grasslayers.xyz/ ## ANALYST NARRATIVE ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Generated: 2026-06-25 19:42:57 UTC — narrative may predate facts above. Treat fields in TIMELINE / DETECTION EVIDENCE / INFRASTRUCTURE as authoritative if they differ from the prose below.] This domain is flagged as an elevated-risk brand impersonation threat targeting MetaMask, a widely used cryptocurrency wallet service. Analysis indicates the infrastructure was specifically designed to deceive users into believing they were interacting with the legitimate MetaMask platform, likely for the purpose of crypto asset theft or credential harvesting. The domain exhibits characteristics consistent with crypto drainer schemes, where victims are tricked into connecting wallets to malicious smart contracts, resulting in unauthorized fund transfers. Infrastructure analysis reveals grasslayers.xyz was registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED on May 13, 2026, and resolved to the IP address 104.21.83.153. The domain is currently offline but was previously detected by 6 out of 95 security vendors on VirusTotal, appearing on three distinct security blocklists. It has been explicitly blocked by multiple cryptocurrency security platforms, including MetaMask’s own threat intelligence systems. The creation date, while anomalous (future-dated), may indicate an attempt to evade temporal-based detection mechanisms or reflect a data entry error during registration. Mitigation steps for this specific threat type include immediate domain blacklisting across all network security layers, particularly in web filtering and DNS resolution systems. Organizations and individuals should verify wallet connection prompts against official MetaMask domains and enable transaction simulation tools to detect unauthorized smart contract interactions. End-users are advised to revoke any prior wallet connections to grasslayers.xyz via official MetaMask settings and monitor wallet activity for anomalous transactions. Given the domain’s association with crypto drainer infrastructure, affected parties should assume potential compromise of wallet permissions and consider migrating assets to new wallet addresses. ## EVIDENCE HASHES ---------------------------------------------------------------- PhishDestroy Case ID: PD-20260619-A7086F Favicon MD5: cbf0da0b55b0f950065b69954f028e40 TLS cert SHA-256: cafda4dcae2ffb2fed05d327bb4be244a13d5a002b21c8ef859a68542b6cc0a4 ## SCORING METHODOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------------------- Composite score is NOT derived from VirusTotal alone. PhishDestroy aggregates: - VirusTotal positive ratio - Public blocklist consensus (MetaMask, ScamSniffer, OpenPhish, PhishTank, URLhaus, CryptoFirewall, SEAL, Polkadot, Enkrypt, Phishunt, DiscordPhishing, PhishingDB) - Cloaking detection (HTTP 666 or rendering delta between bot and real visitor) - DNS-filter consensus (Quad9, CleanBrowsing, NextDNS, AdGuard, Cloudflare, etc.) - AlienVault OTX pulses + Cloudflare Radar + Google Safe Browsing - URLScan / URLQuery verdicts - Brand-impersonation heuristics (DOM analysis of forms, logos, wording) - Known phishing-kit fingerprinting (favicon hash, JS obfuscation signatures) - Wallet-drainer family classification (Angel, MS, Rainbow, Pink, Inferno, ...) - Free-TLS vs paid-cert ratio (throwaway infrastructure signal) - Registrar/hosting abuse history (this registrar's track record) - Human researcher sign-off (volunteer takedown team) A domain present in our database is ALREADY flagged. A low VT count by itself does NOT mean the domain is safe — new scam domains routinely show 0/95 VT for their first 7–30 days while actively draining wallets. Always cross-reference the composite score and the individual indicators above, not just VT. ## CORRECTIONS / APPEALS ---------------------------------------------------------------- Full HTML report: https://phishdestroy.io/domain/grasslayers.xyz/ JSON API: https://api.destroy.tools/v1/check?domain=grasslayers.xyz Appeal a flag: https://phishdestroy.io/appeals/ (responded to within 48 hours, FP rate <0.01%) Submit a report: https://t.me/PhishDestroy_bot About PhishDestroy: volunteer-driven open-source threat-intelligence platform. Tracked: 172,677 domains (12,855 alive under monitoring, 159,232 confirmed takedowns/dead). Site: https://phishdestroy.io